Michel Sardou
Road Book lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1985
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:08
D'abord tu sors de ta mère
First you come out of your mother
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Très fort le coup des lumières
The impact of the lights is so intense
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Itinéraire obligé
A mandated path
C'est comme un rallye fléché
It's like a directed rally
Du lever au couchant
From sunrise to sunset
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Pour finir allongé
To end up lying down
Sur des sables mouvants
On quicksand
Après tu suis des couloirs
Afterward you follow hallways
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Très fort le coup du hasard
The strike of chance is so strong
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Le chemin des écoliers
The path of schoolchildren
Cette impression de tourner
That feeling of spinning around
Du lever au couchant
From dawn to dusk
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Pour finir allongé
To end up lying down
Sous des fleurs et du vent
Under flowers and the wind
Un jour ton piano prend l'eau
One day your piano takes in water
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Très fort le coup du repos
The blow of rest hits hard
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Assis sur le bas-côté
Sitting on the roadside
Tu vois les autres passer
You watch others pass by
Du lever au couchant
From sunrise to sunset
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Pour finir allongé
Ending up lying down
Sous des gazons brillants
Under shiny lawns
Enfin tu deviens léger
At last you become light
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Très fort le coup du viager
The shock of the life annuity hits hard
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Itinéraire étoilé
Starry itinerary
Cette impression de voler
This feeling of flying
Du lever au couchant
From dawn to dusk
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Pour finir oublié
In the end, forgotten
Sous des fleurs et du vent
Under flowers and wind
D'abord tu sors de ta mère
First, you come from your mother
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Très fort le coup des lumières
The impact of the lights is strong
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Itinéraire obligé
Mandatory route
C'est comme un rallye fléché
It's like a flagged rally
Du lever au couchant
From dawn to dusk
Tu descends tu descends
You go down, you go down
Pour finir allongé
To end up lying down
Sur des sables mouvants
On shifting sands
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Key vocabulary
- écoliers
- schoolkidsB2
- mouvants
- movingB2
- rallye
- rallyB2
- fleurs
- flowersA1
- abord
- approach
- chemin
- pathA1
- coup
- hitA1
- après
- afterA1
- brillants
- brilliantB1
- enfin
- at lastA1
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About this song
Michel Sardou is a French singer-songwriter and actor associated with pop and chanson. He is known for his French chart-topping albums, frequent media controversy, and major hits such as “La maladie d’amour” and “La vieille.”